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Argentina's Aguero joins Man City

Man City add another big money signing to squad while Chelsea complain about anti-semetic abuse aimed at Yossi Benayoun.

28 Jul 2011 10:41 GMT

Juventus had also been chasing Aguero after impressive displays for Argentina and Atletico [EPA]

Argentina forward Sergio Aguero completed his move to big-spending Manchester City from Atletico Madrid on Thursday.

Aguero could make his debut for City this weekend in the Dublin Super Cup tournament, which also involves Celtic and Inter Milan.

The Argentinian bolsters a strikeforce that already includes Mario Balotelli and Edin Dzeko, who were bought for a combined reported fee of $82 million in the last 12 months.

"Now I am a City player," Aguero said on his Twitter feed on Wednesday.

"Happy to be at this club and in this city," added the 23-year-old.

"Thank you to everyone for the welcome and the reception."

"Happy to be at this club and in this city"

Aguero wrote on Twitter

One of the most sought-after forwards in world soccer, Aguero announced at the end of May he wanted to leave Atletico, who unlike City missed out on a place on next season's Champions League, Europe's elite club competition.

Spanish media reported the English Premier League side had agreed to pay $62 million to secure his services and he is expected to replace unsettled compatriot Carlos Tevez.

Juventus had also been chasing Aguero, who upstaged team mate Lionel Messi of Barcelona at the Copa America by scoring three times in four games.

He was one of the few bright spots for the hosts, who bowed out at the quarter-final stage after a penalty shootout defeat to eventual champions Uruguay.

Married to one of Diego Maradona's daughters, Aguero has spent five seasons at Atletico, where he won the Europa League in 2009-10.

Aguero is City's third acquisition this offseason, after center back Stefan Savic from Partizan Belgrade and left back Gael Clichy from Arsenal.

Anti-semitic abuse

Chelsea has lodged a formal complaint with the Malaysian FA about anti-semitic abuse allegedly suffered by Israeli midfielder Yossi Benayoun during a friendly in the Muslim-majority country last week.

The Premier League club said on their website that while most fans at the game against a Malaysian XI had behaved appropriately, others had not.

"We believe Yossi was subjected to anti-Semitic abuse by a number of supporters at the game," the London club said.